Reckon it is a lot to do with mind state. I did swimming and breath holding exercises before I went to Indo. 1st go down and I thought I was going to die. If you're mind is strong, that's where the benefit lies. Don't think mine is

How about the guy at Cloudbreak last year? 2 wave hold down. Can't remember who it was, but pretty sure it was one of those heavy duty Hawaiian watermen

swvic wrote:Reckon it is a lot to do with mind state. I did swimming and breath holding exercises before I went to Indo. 1st go down and I thought I was going to die. If you're mind is strong, that's where the benefit lies. Don't think mine is

How about the guy at Cloudbreak last year? 2 wave hold down. Can't remember who it was, but pretty sure it was one of those heavy duty Hawaiian watermen

A surfer who is also an anaesthetist told me he tested himself with an oximeter.
At one minute of breath holding he felt like his lungs were bursting: but the oxygen saturation in his blood was still 95%.
I guess CO2 accumulation makes you want to breathe. But you are safe.
So yeah, its about relaxing and going with it. A one minute holddown is pretty rare in Sydney beachies.